Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.tcpreset.net!newsgate.tebibyte.org!.POSTED.48.red-79-150-116.dynamicip.rima-tde.net!Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.lang.python,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,alt.internet.wireless,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Apple changed their documentation at my request but it proves they don't care about privacy Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 10:28:40 +0200 Organization: Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming Message-ID: References: <117b5u0$1q77$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <117b9uu$3glj7$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mailgate.tebibyte.org; posting-host="48.red-79-150-116.dynamicip.rima-tde.net:79.150.116.48"; logging-data="30844"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@tebibyte.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <117b9uu$3glj7$1@dont-email.me> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:197908 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:202065 comp.mobile.android:155613 alt.internet.wireless:18935 alt.comp.os.windows-10:195508 On 2026-09-03 10:09, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 16:30:15 +0930, Maria Sophia wrote: > >> Those scripts proved I could collect a list of every single access >> point in Apple's database, just as researchers Eric Rye and Dave >> Levin did, using a simple perl script which proved the results of >> their paper, and which went further to prove that my own >> hidden-broadcast SSIDs were in that database. > > I don’t understand what you’re complaining about, exactly. Your wi-fi > network broadcasts its existence to all and sundry, and yet you feel > upset when somebody collects that information and passes it on. I guess it is because the SSID is terminated in _nomap, which is documented as a flag to Apple and others to not store this SSID in their maps. But Apple is/was mapping them all the same. > > And hiding SSIDs is a complete waste of time, which gains you nothing > in security or privacy. Don’t do it. Yep. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;